Spiced Hot Fruit Cake

If you are hosting dinner this year, it’s time to start thinking about your meal plan – and by meal plan, we mean dessert first. This spiced hot fruit cake is an amazing choice! You may even want to do a test run!

Servings

Calories

6

177

Ingredients

2 cups apples, sliced

1 cup green pear, sliced

1 1/2 cups fresh cranberries

1 cup pineapple chunks (save the juice)

Lemon juice (one whole lemon)

2 tbsp. coconut sugar

1 tbsp. honey

1 tsp. cinnamon and nutmeg

2 tbsp. melted butter (unsalted)

1/3 cup chopped walnuts

Directions

Preheat oven to 300°F.

In a large bowl, toss your fruit and add in 1 to 2 tsp. lemon juice. Set aside.

In another glass bowl, combine your melted butter, sugar and spices.

Add in honey and a little bit of your leftover pineapple juice as well.

Add this sugar/butter mixture to your fruit and coat evenly.

Pour fruit evenly in a 9×12 baking dish.

Pour the leftover sugar/butter mixture on top.

Bake for 1 hour.

Add your nuts last.

Mix fruit again and serve.

You can also add your nuts in the last 30 minutes of the baking time if you prefer them hot and baked as well.

Average weight loss with the key ingredient (Coffea robusta) was 10.9 lbs. in a 60-day study with a low-calorie diet, and 3.7 lbs. in a separate 8-week study with a calorie-reduced diet and moderate exercise. View full study here.